Metallic receptacle



Nov. 5, 1963 H. L. JORDAN, JR

METALLIC RECEPTACLE Filed June 21, 1962 W" M J L m mm U A TTORNEYS United States Patent 3,109,664 METALLIC RECEPTAQLE Henry L. Jordan, .lr., R0 Box 1006, Savannah, Ga. Filed June 21, 1962, Ser. No. 204,215 2 Claims. (Ql. 280-12) This invention pertains to metallic receptacles and particularly to U-shaped receptacles or racks made of structural steel shapes and adapted to receive elongated articles such as pulpwood logs or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved metal receptacle for pulpwood logs, and, more particularly, to simplify the construction, to improve the skidding characteristics, and to increase the strength and rigidity of receptacles adapted to house pulpwo-od logs during the collection, storage and handling of such logs.

The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of this invention are set forth with particularly in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a receptacle according to the invention,

FIG. 2. is an end elevation thereof, and

FIG. 3 is a side elevation thereof illustrated with pulp- Wood logs loaded therein and with hoist slings for the logs.

As seen in the drawing, the rack of this invention comprises four l-beam upright corner members 1, 2, 3 and 4 each meeting a respective web plate member 5, 6, 7, 8 and joined thereto as at 9 by welding.

A horizontally disposed l-beam skid and base member 1% extends between web plate members and 8 being joined thereto by welds 111 and 12, respectively, at its opposite ends, while I-beam skid and base member 13 extends between web plates 6 and '7, being parallel to and spaced from member Member It comprises, as seen, a flat rest strip 14 on which are supported the lowermost articles to be housed in the receptacle, such as logs 14 as shown in FIG. 3. The strip 14 is reinforced by web 15 and spaced thereby above fiat skid runner strip 16.

Strip 14- joins strips 17 and 18 at its ends, and these strips 17 and 18, comprising portions of web plate members 5 and 8, respectively, curve upwardly to join upright retaining strips 19 and 2%), which comprise portions of uprights 1 and 4, respectively.

Skid runner strip 16 at its ends joins runner strips 21 and 22, respectively, which form portions of web plate members 5 and 3. Strips 21 and 22 curve upwardly to constitute sled-like leading portions of the skid runner which tend to cause the runner to ride over obstructions and not to dig into the ground when skidded on the ground. Being sled-shaped at each end, the runner lifts over obstructions when the rack is pulled in either direction.

Strips 21 and 22 extend from runner strip 16 curvedly upwardly, as described, and join vertical bumper strips 23 and 24, respectively, which constitute outer face portions of uprights 1 and 4.

It will be seen that each of the elements hereinabove described in connection with uprights 1 and 4, web plate members 5 and 3 and base member 14 is duplicated in connection with uprights 2 and 3, web plate members 6 and 7 and base member 13, whereby there are provided a flat rest strip 25 joining respective curved end portions 26, 27, which, in turn, join upright retaining strips 28 and 29, respectively, and a skid runner strip 30 terminating in sled-like upturned runner portions 31 and 32, which, in turn, join upright flat bumper strips 33 and 34, respectively. Wear strips 16' and 30' are preferably provided tack welded to runners 16 and 30 for replacement as necessary when worn.

Web plate members 5 and 6 are connected by a tubular brace member 35 welded at one end to the web portion '36 of member 5 and at the other to portion 37 of member 6-. The tubular brace member, it will be seen, is disposed spaced a short distance outwardly of strip portions 17 and 26, thereby to leave room between member 35 and any thereto adjacent log 14' or the like engaged with strip portions '17 and 26 for the passage of a sling cable 33 between the log and the brace 3-5. The brace 39 welded between web plate members 7 and 8, corresponding to brace 35, is similarly arranged.

A short apertured attachment tongue 40 is welded to brace 35 to permit attachment of a cable or draft means to drag the rack in one direction with its end '41 forward, and an identical tongue 42 is welded to brace 39 to permit dragging in the opposite direction with end 4-3 forward. Reinforcing brace and guard plate 44- is arranged between brace and the web 36 of member 5 while a similar i and 4 5 find their counterparts at the other end 43 of the rack in reinforcing plates 46 and 47.

Further cross braces 48 and 49' are arranged above the braces 35 and 39', respectively, and serve to maintain the uprights 1 and 2 spaced apart by the desired width of the receptacle at end 41 and to maintain the uprights 3 and 4 similarly spaced at the end 43. The braces 43 and 49 are spaced from the retaining strips 19 and 28 and 2.9 and 29, respectively, to permit the passage of a cable 3-3 around the contents of the receptacle but inwardly of the respective brace. Small triangular brace plates, such as plate 50, are preferably welded between end portions of the braces 48 and 59 to the respective uprights to improve rigidity.

It will be seen that, when the end of the receptacle, such as end 43, meets an end of a similar rack, the flat end bumper strips 24 and 34 would meet similar flat bumper strips of the other receptacle, whereby the one might forceably engage the other without danger of interlocking or pushing of one out of position by the other. The reinforcing plates 44, 45, 46, 47 not only serve to add rigidity and strength to the structure but also guard against any part of or projection from the contained articles approaching the sled runner portions 21, 22, 31, or 32, and further serve to transmit dragging forces applied through tongue 49 or 42. Since the reinforcing plates engage under the cross braces 35 and 39 and incline upwardly, they tend to direct downwardly any object on the ground which may be encountered during dragging and which might otherwise engage the cross brace 35 or 39.

The unbroken extension of runner strip 16 into the sled runner strips 21 and 22 and the upward unbroken extension thereof into bumper strips 23 and 24 provides strength and reduces the chance of catching in any destructive manner upon external objects. The unbroken extension of the rest strip '14 into upwardly curved portions 17 and 18 and the further extension of these curved strip portions into upright retaining strips 19 and 24} permit the received articles to assume compact positions without any hanging up and with minimum risk of damage to the articles or the receptacle. It will be apparent that the side 51 of the receptacle comprises strips and runners arranged in the manner recited for side 52,

whereby the improved results therein described are attained..

Accordingly, while only a certain preferred embodiment of this invention has been shown and described by way of illustration, many modifications will occur to those skilled in the art and it is, therefore, desired that it be understood that it is intended in the appended claims to cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of this invention.

What is claimed as new and what it is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A receptacle for pulpwood logs or the like comprising two elongated horizontal I-beam skid and base members arranged in parallel spaced relation, a respective arcuate web plate member joined to each end of each said skid and base member and curving arcuately upwardly therefrom and each terminating upwardly in a respective upper end portion, four upright I-beam corner members each joined to the upper end portion of a respective one of said web plate members and extending upwardly therefrom, each said skid and base member having a horizontal flat skid runner strip, a web joined therealong and extending upwardly therefrom and a flat rest strip disposed along and joined to the upper edge of said web, each said web plate member comprising an upwardly curved sled runner strip, an upwardly curved rest strip and a web disposed therebetween and joined thereto, the curved sled runner strip of each said web plate member constituting an upwardly curved extension of the skid runner strip and the curved rest strip constituting an upwardly curved extension of the rest strip of the respective thereto adjoined skid and base members, the four upright Lbeam members joined respectively to said upper end portions of said web plate members and comprising an outwardly facing bumper strip constituting an extension of the curved sled runner strip and an inwardly facing retaining flange constituting an extension of the rest strip of the respective web plate member, a horizontally disposed elongated brace member joined to the web of one web plate member at one end of one base member extending to and joined to the web of the Web plate member at the corresponding end of the other'base member and a second elongated brace member joined to and extending horizontally between 'the webs of the other web plate members, said brace members being perpendicular to the respective webs joined thereto, said brace members being disposed inwardly of the respective said sled runner strips and outwardly of the respective said rest strips of the respective web plate members, a respective brace and guard plate for each said web plate member, each guard plate having an edge joined to the 'web of the respective web plate and extending inwardly therefrom laterally of the receptacle and underlying the respective said elongated brace member and being up wardly inclined from such brace member toward the adjacent end of the receptacle, and a respective cross brace between the two upright I-beam members at each end of the receptacle.

2. The receptacle according to claim -1 further comprising draft attachment means' joined to each said elongated brace member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,447,472 Hruska Mar. 6, 1923 2,215,830 Gledhill Sept. 24, 1940 2,529,752 Whittle NOV. 14, 1950 

1. A RECEPTACLE FOR PULPWOOD LOGS OR THE LIKE COMPRISING TWO ELONGATED HORIZONTAL I-BEAM SKID AND BASE MEMBERS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION, A RESPECTIVE ARCUATE WEB PLATE MEMBER JOINED TO EACH END OF EACH SAID SKID AND BASE MEMBER AND CURVING ARCUATELY UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND EACH TERMINATING UPWARDLY IN A RESPECTIVE UPPER END PORTION, FOUR UPRIGHT I-BEAM CORNER MEMBERS EACH JOINED TO THE UPPER END PORTION OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID WEB PLATE MEMBERS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, EACH SAID SKID AND BASE MEMBER HAVING A HORIZONTAL FLAT SKID RUNNER STRIP, A WEB JOINED THEREALONG AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND A FLAT REST STRIP DISPOSED ALONG AND JOINED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID WEB, EACH SAID WEB PLATE MEMBER COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY CURVED SLED RUNNER STRIP, AN UPWARDLY CURVED REST STRIP AND A WEB DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN AND JOINED THERETO, THE CURVED SLED RUNNER STRIP OF EACH SAID WEB PLATE MEMBER CONSTITUTING AN UPWARDLY CURVED EXTENSION OF THE SKID RUNNER STRIP AND THE CURVED REST STRIP CONSTITUTING AN UPWARDLY CURVED EXTENSION OF THE REST STRIP OF THE RESPECTIVE THERETO ADJOINED SKID AND BASE MEMBERS, THE FOUR UPRIGHT I-BEAM MEMBERS JOINED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID UPPER END PORTIONS OF SAID WEB PLATE MEMBERS AND COMPRISING AN OUTWARDLY FACING BUMPER STRIP CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSION OF THE CURVED SLED RUNNER STRIP AND AN INWARDLY FACING RETAINING FLANGE CONSTITUTING AN EXTENSION OF THE REST STRIP OF THE RESPECTIVE WEB PLATE MEMBER, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED BRACE MEMBER JOINED TO THE WEB OF ONE WEB PLATE MEMBER AT ONE END OF ONE BASE MEMBER EXTENDING TO AND JOINED TO THE WEB OF THE WEB PLATE MEMBER AT THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE OTHER BASE MEMBER AND A SECOND ELONGATED BRACE MEMBER JOINED TO AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY BETWEEN THE WEBS OF THE OTHER WEB PLATE MEMBERS, SAID BRACE MEMBERS BEING PERPENDICULAR TO THE RESPECTIVE WEBS JOINED THERETO, SAID BRACE MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED INWARDLY OF THE RESPECTIVE SAID SLED RUNNER STRIPS AND OUTWARDLY OF THE RESPECTIVE SAID REST STRIPS OF THE RESPECTIVE WEB PLATE MEMBERS, A RESPECTIVE BRACE AND GUARD PLATE FOR EACH SAID WEB PLATE MEMBER, EACH GUARD PLATE HAVING AN EDGE JOINED TO THE WEB OF THE RESPECTIVE WEB PLATE AND EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREFROM LATERALLY OF THE RECEPTACLE AND UNDERLYING THE RESPECTIVE SAID ELONGATED BRACE MEMBER AND BEING UPWARDLY INCLINED FROM SUCH BRACE MEMBER TOWARD THE ADJACENT END OF THE RECEPTACLE, AND A RESPECTIVE CROSS BRACE BETWEEN THE TWO UPRIGHT I-BEAM MEMBERS AT EACH END OF THE RECEPTACLE. 